//Create a boolean variable to check for a valid Internet Explorer instance.
var xmlhttp = false;
//Check if we are using IE.
try {
	//If the javascript version is greater than 5.
	xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");// JavaScript Document
} 
catch (e) {
	//If not, then use the older active x object.
	try {
	//If we are using IE.
		xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
	} catch (E) {
	//Else we must be using a non-IE browser.
		xmlhttp = false;
	}
}
//If we are using a non-IE browser, create a javascript instance of the object.
if (!xmlhttp && typeof XMLHttpRequest != 'undefined') {
	xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
}

// END OF	 PART MUST HAVE
//Function to run a word grabber script.
function grabword (theelement){
//If there is nothing in the box, run Ajax to populate it.
if (document.getElementById(theelement).innerHTML.length == 0){
	//Change the background color.
	document.getElementById(theelement).style.background = "#CCCCCC";
	serverPage = "wordgrabber.php";
	var obj = document.getElementById(theelement);
	xmlhttp.open("POST", serverPage);
	xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
		if (xmlhttp.readyState == 4 && xmlhttp.status == 200) {
			obj.innerHTML = xmlhttp.responseText;
		}
	}
	xmlhttp.send(null);
	} 
	else {
		//Change the background color.
		document.getElementById(theelement).style.background = "#FFFFFF";
		//If the box is already populated, clear it.
		document.getElementById(theelement).innerHTML = "";
	}
}